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النهسر

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the wolf and its young, but also extends to concepts of speed, eagerness, and voracious eating, particularly of meat. It also encompasses the act of cutting or consuming meat.

Derived headwords

النَّهْسَرnoun
  1. 1.
    Wolfboth

    The wild canine known as a wolf.

  2. 2.
    Wolf cubclassical

    The offspring of a wolf and a hyena.

  3. 3.
    Swift personboth

    A person who is quick and fast.

  4. 4.
    Greedy eaterboth

    Someone who is eager and voracious, especially when eating meat.

نَهْسَرَverb
  1. 1.
    To cut meatboth

    To cut or sever meat.

  2. 2.
    To eat foodboth

    To consume food, often with eagerness.

Parallel reading

النهسر، كجعفر: الذئب
Al-nahsar, like Ja'far: the wolf.
أو ولده من الضبع
Or its offspring from the hyena.
والخفيف السريع
And the light, the swift.
والحريص الأكول للحم
And the eager, the meat-eater.
ونهسر اللحم: قطعه
And nahasara the meat: he cut it.
والطعام: أكله
And the food: he ate it.